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The 1956 United States presidential election in Arizona took place on November 6, 1956, as part of the 1956 United States presidential election. States voters chose four[3] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Arizona was won by incumbent President Dwight D. Eisenhower (R–Pennsylvania), running with Vice President Richard Nixon, with 60.99% of the popular vote, against Adlai Stevenson (D–Illinois), running with Senator Estes Kefauver, with 39.90% of the popular vote.[4][5]
Eisenhower was the first Republican presidential candidate to ever carry Graham County, which was to become a Republican stronghold after 1964.[6]
- ^ "United States Presidential election of 1956 – Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved June 10, 2017.
- ^ "The Presidents". David Leip. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
Eisenhower's home state for the 1956 Election was Pennsylvania
- ^ "1956 Election for the Forty-Fourth Term (1961-65)". Retrieved June 10, 2017.
- ^ "1956 Presidential General Election Results – Arizona". Retrieved June 10, 2017.
- ^ "The American Presidency Project – Election of 1956". Retrieved June 10, 2017.
- ^ Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, p. 148 ISBN 0786422173
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